Quality of life comparison
If you lived in West Virginia instead of Serbia, you would:
Health
be 85.4% more likely to be obese
In Serbia, 21.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In West Virginia, that number is 40.5% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 38.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Serbia, 7.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In West Virginia, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 17.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Serbia, 19.7% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In West Virginia, however, that number is 16.3% as of 2023.
make 3.1 times more money
Serbia has a GDP per capita of $15,262 as of 2025, while in West Virginia, the GDP per capita is $46,834 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
